Thread: "Surging iPod touch eclipses the iPhone" ... while Nokia stupidly abandons tablets!
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egoshin is offline egoshin
2010-01-01 , 22:19
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Originally Posted by GeraldKo View Post
So, are you saying every Maemo user should have to have a cellphone?
I don't like the word "should" in this case but I think it is that attracts people to N900. I speak on myself but I feel it is true for many. I tried to say that even I am a long time Linux guy I didn't step into Linux tablet area just because I prefer notebook and netbook to small tablet - there is no principal difference between. Just small Linux box doesn't hit me, there are GPRS/3G internet cards for notebooks on market.

But small PHONE with full-blown Linux (not just Dalvik's Java in google gadgets) overweights the small screen/KBD drawbacks. The possibility of access to Internet virtually anywhere with 3G bandwidth buys me too. I already used this with Symbian Nokia 6133 and N-series but that is not Linux and very restrictive - there is no difference between it and something like iPhone, provider controls anything.


Originally Posted by yukop4 View Post
the tablet/computer must have a decent sized screen for those tired eyes-n900 are good for 20-30 year olds but after that the phone must just be -a phone -simple to use -and what little time is left over after a long working day-then a tablet -to check the weather
If I can bring a DEVICE during business I prefer a netbook or notebook. If I can't - I want a phone with Internet access. The tablet is out of equation here.


Originally Posted by ForeverNewb View Post
I have a strong sense of déjà vu here remembering Palm's decision to abandon PDA's and focus on smart phones some years ago as well as their insensitivity to the importance of product continuity for core customer community and need for a flourishing third party application ecosystem. Nokia leadership seems to have the same mindset relative to internet tablets.
There is a big difference - Palm was NOT able to reach the cellphone market in time and lost it (ok, there is a big competition of big labels in this area and they doesn't allow Palm reach it... patents, expertise etc).

Moreover, they never understand the customer demands for powerful communication device. I still have my old Palm M500 (and former user of Palm V, Palm III etc) and I remember the widespread frustration then Palm abandoned WiFi in SD capable Palm V. Anybody WANTED network access but they just dumped us. And competitors did it faster.

As for Nokia, the tablet support ... well, it could please some customers, of course, but it is not competitive against netbooks. Small screen, no good KBD, no good 3G access... Sorry guys, it is on sides of progress now.


Originally Posted by ForeverNewb View Post
I deeply appreciate the efforts of the maemo open source community but I have to agree with multiple posters here that upcoming Android tablets - and even Apple iTouch - fill a significant price/performance/usability product space that the N900 does not even touch. Moreover, these products will likely be well postured to grow upward into the N900 niche.
As long as it has NO voice/3G it will compete with netbooks and I prefer Linux (or even Windows ) to a stripped device.
 

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